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	Podcast:		Civics 101
	Episode:		Federal Courts: Muhammad Ali and the Draft
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:39:20
	Publish Date:		2023-01-24 10:00:00
	Description:		This episode is the culmination of our series on famous federal court trials in US history. In April of 1967, Muhammad Ali (formerly Cassius Clay) refused to step forward at a draft induction ceremony in Texas. His opposition to serving in Vietnam launched a sequence of trials and appeals that went all the way to the Supreme Court. It's a case about conscientious objection, protest, America's shifting views of the war, and how athletes have the unique role of "soldiers without a weapon." This episode features Winston Bowman from the Federal Judicial Center, and Jeffrey Sammons from the NYU History Department. Support our show and our mission with a gift to Civics 101 today, it means the world to us.
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